Trail Courtesy...

no not each to their own, on trail centres it's tempting to go balls out fast but, just as on BW (not sure what "a mountain bike track" is if isnt a trail centre as you seem to imply) there could be ramblers, horse riders or just the guy infront of you who has crashed and is unable to move, just around that blind bend. Make sure you can stop in the distance you can clearly see. I'm a pushy rider, I have unfortunatley scared a few people by riding fast round a corner (too fast in their view) but I've always been able to stop and I certainly don't expect people to jump out of my way.

I'd give way if there's room and expect him/her to do likewise, it's pointless saying the faster rider has ROW if the slower rider is coming up a narrow bit of trail and the faster rider is coming out of a wide bit for example.

When i'm wanging it down a good section my bike makes a hell of a racket. You'd need to be pretty hard of the hearings not to know I was coming. Same applies when pushing up with other riders coming down. Stop. Look. And listen.

Thought we were talking about two way trails? don't really know about on a trail centre - there is one and only one bit at GT I can think of where yo cannot see if someone is on the landing on a dropoff. Dunno really

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When i'm wanging it down a good section my bike makes a hell of a racket. You'd need to be pretty hard of the hearings not to know I was coming. Same applies when pushing up with other riders coming down. Stop. Look. And listen.

Thought we were talking about two way trails? don't really know about on a trail centre - there is one and only one bit at GT I can think of where yo cannot see if someone is on the landing on a dropoff. Dunno really

I can't think of anywhere at GT TBH.

I would say at a trail centre you are entitled to expect people not riding the wrong way. Bridleways / natural trails I would say the general rule of "Don't be a dick" covers 99% of occurences. Personally i'm not the best at technical climbing so anything "interesting" to descend I'd probably be off the bike on the way up. If I was descending a tricky section and someone was riding up it I'd probably get off the bike and applaud!

One thing that I do, and let others do, but seems to annoy a small minority of others - if I'm riding up to the summit (say, top of Spooky Wood) and I'm not stopping, I'll ride through the folks hanging around beside the trail and keep going. Not people on bikes waiting to 'drop in' but the ones bimbling around getting ready to leave.

I do this and it really seems to wind some people up. Even when I make eye contact and say "hi" to give them a chance to go first if they're ready.

One time at CyB there was a big group chatting away at the top of a long climb. I roll past into the next section and a couple of them set off in "hot pursuit".

And I was holding them off fine until I got a hole in my tubeless tyre, at which point one of them rolled by and THANKED ME FOR STOPPING!

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. - George Orwell